We woke to a glorious morning sun peeking over the Swiss Alps and smiled. Last night Mrs Blakey had planned our route today and it was a corker.
We started off wending our way through more of the alps in the sunshine. After an hour or so we turned off the motorway and into the tiny principality of Leichtenstein. Its only 15 miles long and yet boasts a capital 'city' which we drove through in about 2 minutes flat. Factoid for the day: Leichtenstein holds more Olympic medals per capita than any other country. And its a pretty place in the sunshine.
Driving on we soon wound our way into flatter Switzerland as we approached Zurich. Here we turned north and left Switzerland and passed into Germany.
Neither of us had ever been to Germany before and I have to say we are massively impressed so far. Okay so the sun has been shining all day today and as we crossed the border we hit rolling hills carpeted with trees in their full autumnal colours. A visual feast. Plus the roads are excellent, fast and free. Bonus. And fun to drive to boot.
A few minutes into Germany and we drove into the Black Forest. Quite breath taking. The forest is mostly pine with rolling hills. We are now camped right on the shore of Lake Titisee which is beautiful in the sunshine.
We've taken a stroll by the lake into town, enjoyed a pedalo ride on the lake (yes it has been that hot today) and an ice cream in the sun. Rounded off with a quick beer and a slice of Black Forest Gateau and we're back to camp and making dinner by the lake. Lovely.
First impression of Germany is 10/10.
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